Interplanetary sector structure and the heliomagnetic equator / prepared by Michael Schulz.
The magnetohydrodynamics of solar-wind flow lead logically to the formation of one warped annular neutral surface that extends from about twenty solar radii to the boundary of the heliosphere. The most likely asymptotic configuration for this neutral sheet intersects the heliomagnetic equatorial pla...
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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El Segundo, California :
The Aerospace Corporation, Laboratory Operations,
1972.
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| Series: | Air Force report ;
no. SAMSO-TR-72-262. Aerospace report ; no. TR-0073(3260-20)-11. |
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| Summary: | The magnetohydrodynamics of solar-wind flow lead logically to the formation of one warped annular neutral surface that extends from about twenty solar radii to the boundary of the heliosphere. The most likely asymptotic configuration for this neutral sheet intersects the heliomagnetic equatorial plane along four corotating arcs. The observer sees a reversal of magnetic polarity on each crossing of the neutral surface, and so interprets each reversal as the crossing of a sector boundary. (Author) |
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| Item Description: | "72 Nov 10." "Prepared for Space and Missile Systems Organization, Air Force Systems Command, Los Angeles Air Force Station." |
| Physical Description: | v, 20 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-20) |
| Funding Information Note: | Air Force contract |